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The Poseidon can accommodate a maximum of 32 passengers. Measuring 36 meters, the Poseidon offers plenty of space above and below decks. The tween deck with wooden benches offers a safe, sheltered spot on board. The entrance to the saloon is located here.
The saloon is spacious and furnished with four tables, and comfortable seating arrangements. The galley is fully equipped, with ample crockery and cutlery (inventory available on request), a 70 litre gas oven, a large fridge and freezer and a bar with a beer pump.
The 12 two-berth and 2 four-berth cabins are furnished with spacious bunks (2.00 m x 0.75 m) complete with duvets. Each cabin has its own wash basin with hot and cold running water, clothes hooks and storage space for bags. The entire ship, including the cabins, showers and toilets, has central heating.
There is a beer pump on the Poseidon for which you can order 15 litre barrels of beer on board.
   
Technical specifications Poseidon
Length 36 m
Breadth 6.30 m
Draught 1.30 m
Sail area 440 sqm
Engine 168 hp Daf
History
The Poseidon was built in 1903 by the Duyvendijk shipyard in Papendrecht. She was commissioned by the Swets family and added to their existing fleet under the name ‘Zuid-Holland’ (South Holland.)
The ship carried freight to and from Germany over the Rhine and was used for a long time to transport building materials for the construction of the Delta Works in Zeeland.
For the last ten years she was fitted out as a motorship. The ship transported freight until 1997 when changes in the way cargo was consigned caused work to dry up for the owners of many of these small freighters.
We brought the ship to Harlingen and had her refitted and modernised into a charter sailing ship. She was taken into service in 1999 as the “Poseidon,” - God of the Sea.
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The Poseidon |
Captain: Jeroen Peters |
2 nd captain: Frans Fischer |
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